Culture & Society in the 8th century BC

13 sourced entries, 776 BCE to 700 BCE, oldest first. Also see Culture & Society across every century or everything else in the 8th century BC.

• 776 BCE776 BC—First Olympic Games, according to Diodorus Siculus (of the 1st century BC). The games would continue to 394 AD. The Olympiad year would later be used by historians to reckon dates in a unified fashion where different Greek calendar systems were in use.source
• 748 BCE748 BC – Anticles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the eighth Olympic Games.source
• 746 BCE746 BC – Founding of Rome according to Livy's ab urbe conditasource
• 744 BCE744 BC – Xenocles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the ninth Olympic Games.source
• 740 BCE740 BC – Dotades of Messenia wins the stadion race at the tenth Olympic Games.source
• 724 BCE724 BC: The diaulos footrace introduced at the Olympics.source
• 716 BCE716 BC—Pythagoras of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 16th Olympic Games.source
• 712 BCE712 BC—Polus of Epidaurus wins the stadion race at the 17th Olympic Games.source
• 708 BCE708 BC—Tellis of Sicyon wins the stadion race at the 18th Olympic Games.source
• 706 BCE706 BC—The Assyrian royal court is moved to Dur-Sharrukin.source
• 704 BCE704 BC—Menos of Megara wins the stadion race at the 19th Olympic Games.source
• 700 BCE700 BC—End of the Villanovan culture in northern Italy and rise of the Etruscan civilization.source
• 700 BCE700 BC—Atheradas of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 20th Olympic Games.source